Marvel Mares

by neorenamon

"Now now," said Princess Mi Amore Cadenza towards the staff of Canterlot Castle, "Everything must be perfect for my wedding! After all, this is probably the only wedding I'm going to get in this life and I want everyone to be envious of it!"

A large number of the palace staff had been called into the main conference room to coordinate wedding plans with Princess Cadance. There was the kitchen cooks, the porters, the maid staff, the heralds and some others as well. All of them had been called away from their duties in order to attend this meeting.

"I'm sure everything will meet your expectations," said the Seneschal.

"They better!" she snapped.

"You would be best to remember that the staff and I work for Princess Celestia," she said back evenly, "Not for you or any other visitor in the land of Equestria. So you should speak to us more respectfully, mare-lady."

"Most of you aren't even fit to buff my hooves," she snorted back, "You keep that in mind. If you think for one minute that I can't convince Celestia to fire any of you, then you are sadly mistaken."

"Duly noted," she replied as she noticed the nervous looks in the peripherals of her vision.

"Good," said the Princess as she looked at the small tome sitting on the table, "I expect everything I listed in my proposal to be carried out to the letter. As for me, I have other matters to attend to. Very important matters." She than turned and stormed out of the room.

"It's lucky she isn't being pushy," said one of the mare maids sarcastically as she looked at the hundred or so pages of demands and conditions Cadance expected to be filled for her wedding day.

"I thought she was supposed to be the Princess of Love," muttered one of the porter stallions.

"Apparently not everyone gets love," said one of the cooking stallions.

"Now now," said the Seneschal, "The Princess is under a lot of stress. I'm sure she isn't like this normally."

"Thank Celestia there's no stress in our jobs," muttered one of the Herald stallions.

"She's a noble," she replied, "Their allowed to be... eccentric."

"A polite way of saying crazy," said an anonymous pony in the back.

"How is the wedding plans going?" asked Celestia as she looked into the room.

Everyone was startled as she walked in followed by Rainbow Thor.

"Oh, things are going just fine, your highness," she replied as everyone in the room knelt before Celestia.

"As you were," she answered as everyone got back on all fours.

"Unfortunately," she continued, "The caterers were not available to attend this meeting. I hope the ones you're hiring are capable of holding up their end of the wedding or I'm sure we'll catch Tartarus from Cadance."

"She's usually much more easy going than this," sighed Celestia as she glanced down at her hooves.

"I imagine that every mare's wedding is stressful," offered the Seneschal helpfully.

"You're... surely right about that. I just hope that she's not being too..."

"Don't worry, your highness. We're all professionals here. I'm sure we'll meet our duties in a similar fashion."

Celestia nodded as she looked around the room. Then she noted the tome on the table. "Is that what she expects?" she asked as her horn glowed and the book opened. There was a lot of stuff written just on the first two pages alone.

"Yes," she replied, "I'm sure we'll do the best we can to... fulfill her wishes."

"I bumped into Cadance on the way out. She didn't look too happy. You were respectful to her, weren't you?"

"Of course we were."

"Good," she replied, "I'm sorry for any stress she's added to your work."

"Let's just say we're all glad we're working for you instead of her."

"That's kind of you to say."

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Meanwhile

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"That's some awesome tunes!" said Pinkie as a record played, "I'm sure they'll just love them at the wedding!" The walls were practically shaking from the volume of the wubs she was playing.

"I know!" replied Vinyl, "It's so great you got me this DJ job for a royal wedding reception!"

"You're my bestie!" she answered, "I can't let a job like this go to somepony who isn't as good as you!"

"Pity you couldn't get the cake job instead of that Spider-Mare character!"

"I'm sure that one day, Sugarcube Corner will be good enough for royal weddings!" she replied with a little smirk. After all, they were getting the job, but not the recognition for doing it... directly.

"I'm sure you're right about that!" agreed Vinyl.

"Besides," she added, "I still have a bunch of high school studies to worry about before I can handle a huge job like a royal wedding. Until then, I'm sure I can get by with the smaller parties I plan!"

She nodded. Then she said, "I hope Flash isn't giving you too much grief!"

"Oh," said Pinkie, "It's nothing I can't handle! After all, I've been learning to deal with him for a few years now!"

"Well you still don't deserve all the crap that he gives you!"

"That's one of the problems of being nerdy instead of being a jock!" she replied with a giggle.

"I guess so!"